Love
Quotes - Do not fall in love with people like me
“She
leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend,
Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted
like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit
collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she
touched his mouth with her fingers...She did not say goodbye. She was
incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear
herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are
flowing down their faces and they stagger on...”
―
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
“Do
not fall in love with people like me.
I
will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every
beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like
blood in your mouth.
I
will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible. And when I leave you will
finally understand, why storms are named after people.”
―
Caitlyn Siehl, Literary Sexts: A Collection of Short & Sexy Love Poems
“You
yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and
affection.”
―
Sharon Salzberg
“I
bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's
hand.”
―
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“I'm
saying that I'm a moody, insecure, narrow-minded, jealous, borderline homicidal
bitch, and I want you to promise me that you're okay with that, because it's
who I am, and you're what I need.”
―
Jeaniene Frost, Halfway to the Grave
“A
half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
―
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
“We're
staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me.
Never again.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
“The
saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about
anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them,
any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.”
―
Nicholas Sparks, Dear John
“If
conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together
a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.”
―
Nicholas Sparks
“Who,
being loved, is poor?”
―
Oscar Wilde
“Ever
has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
―
Kahlil Gibran
“I
fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's
no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day
that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each
other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.”
―
Veronica Roth, Allegiant
“We
rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that
we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start
with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a
waste!”
―
Andre Aciman, Call Me by Your Name
“Happiness
is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.”
―
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
“Therefore,
dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you.
For those who are near you are far away... and this shows that the space around
you is beginning to grow vast.... be happy about your growth, in which of
course you can't take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay
behind; be confident and calm in front of them and don't torment them with your
doubts and don't frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn't be
able to comprehend. Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in
common with them, which doesn't necessarily have to alter when you yourself
change again and again; when you see them, love life in a form that is not your
own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the
aloneness that you trust.... and don't expect any understanding; but believe in
a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that
in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as
far as you wish without having to step outside it.”
―
Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
“I'm
on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as
like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.”
―
C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair
“Love
can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often
with a great deal of mess.”
―
Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“Peeta,
how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say.
“I
don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come
to, paralyzed with terror,” he says.
“You
should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or
three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down.
“It's
not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,” he says. “I'm okay
once I realize you're here.”
―
Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
